There’s an old saying that, if you lend a man some money, you make an enemy for yourself, not a friend. Instead of being glad to see you, he will cross the street to avoid meeting you lest you ask him when the loan will be repaid. Nothing in all … [Read more...] about Brazil and the Folly of Bad Loans

The definition of words makes a tremendous difference in how things are perceived, understood, and litigated. A rose by any other name may indeed smell as sweet, but giving pornography another name may produce very different legal … [Read more...] about New Approach to Pornography

It is amazing how changes of vast magnitude can take place in our American social society with hardly any reportage by the media or discussion by commentators or public officials until after the change is a fait accompli. Among the changes of truly … [Read more...] about The Black Family

It would be nice if we lived in an age when reason and rational discourse guided political discourse. Since we seem to live in a time when demonstrations and media events rank highest in the pecking order of power (when you want something, you take … [Read more...] about Lady Olga Wages War Against the Peaceniks

After the Pearl Harbor attack of December 7, 1941, savage criticism was leveled at those who had supported or voted for scrap iron shipments to Japan, which allegedly had been turned into weapons of war. The Pearl anniversary is a good time to … [Read more...] about Pearl Harbor Lesson

An "400-pound gorilla"™ (to use a current political cliché) is waiting in the shadows of the federal bureaucracy which could devour almost any political candidate in the 1984 elections. The "gorilla" is the proposed F.C.C. regulation which would … [Read more...] about The Fairness Doctrine

A new book called "American Couples" is a gold mine of research to support very traditional attitudes about sex, marriage, and family. The book was certainly not written from a moralistic, traditional, or conservative perspective; that is obvious … [Read more...] about American Couples

While lecturing at a state university recently, I was escorted to and from the airport by a "counselor." He was a university employee in his 30s whose job is to counsel students on career, psychological, and emotional problems. I asked him what he … [Read more...] about Abortion Exploits Women

Parents are getting a new answer to the age-old question they ask their children, "What did you learn in school today?" Children in public and private elementary and secondary schools are answering, "Oh, we're learning about the Bomb." My mail bag … [Read more...] about What is Happening to Our Kids?